Behind Rebel Lines

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Behind Rebel LinesBy: Seymore ReitAustin HuddlestonEmma Edmons was a Union spy. When she was behind rebel lines, she wore different disguises.

The timeframe for this storyis from 1881-1885 (Civil War). The setting of where this story takes place is around, Washington, D.C.

Emma Edmons is a women. She poses as a man to get into the UnionArmy. She wants to be a field nurse to help wounded soliders. When she joins, if the other soldiers find out that she is a women she will be kicked out of the Army. This is the main conflict of thestory. Another conflict that Emma faces is that sheis a spy for the Union Army. If she is caught by the Rebels she could be shot or hung.

1. In the novel it tells about historic battles that happened in the war.2. It tells what the battlesfelt like.Three connections between the story and the war are...3. It tells how if felt to be a civil war spy.One of the battles that happened during the war that is in the book is the Battle of Vicksburg.Emma told that the battles felt long and bloody. The battles felt like theynever ended. The patients in the hospital tent were many.Emma Edmons was not only a spy who wore disguises.She wore a main disguise to become a soldier. His name was Pvt. Thompson. Pvt. Thompson was the man who wore all of the disguisuses. He was the man who went behind rebel lines.Emma Edmons's first disguise that went behind rebel lines was as a black slave named Cuff. She wore him when she went behind rebel lines. While Emma was posing as the black slave named Cuff, she found out valueable information about the base she was working for, which soon led to the attack and Union victory.Example of CuffExample of Pvt. ThompsonLater , in Emma's amazing journey she poses as a freindly peddler named Bridget O'Shea. Her misson was to find information about a rebel base so that later the Union forces could attack the rebels and hopefully emerge victorious.Example of Bridget O'SheaDuring one of Emma's trips behind rebel lines, she was a black slave that sewed outfits for the confeaderate soldiers. During this daring misson, she found plans in a officer's coat. Though this was an important disguise in Emma's story she never really had a name.Example of Emma's disguiseEmma told of her amazing trips behind rebel lines. She showed how she gathered information and escaped to give the information to her allies.Conclusion:Emma helpped the Union, and they were able to win the war. And, Emma was able to go back to a "normal" life. She had her own family. She worked as a nurse in the hospital. Emma was a women, but she went above and beyond to help the Union Army. She died September 5, 1898.